. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 8. p. 72 Asiatic Herpetological Research 1999. Fig. 5. The locality of Ablepharus deserti in the mouth of the Djabagly River (1200 m). Daily and seasonal activity Eremchenko and Shzherbak (1986) noted that the appearance of the skinks after winter hibernation depends on climatic conditions, slope exposition and altitude . According to these authors, the earliest appearance of Asymblepharns alaicus in northern Kir- gizstan was registrated on 26 March 1977 in the Kir- giz Range (1600 m). In the
. Asiatic herpetological research. Reptiles -- Asia Periodicals; Amphibians -- Asia Periodicals. Vol. 8. p. 72 Asiatic Herpetological Research 1999. Fig. 5. The locality of Ablepharus deserti in the mouth of the Djabagly River (1200 m). Daily and seasonal activity Eremchenko and Shzherbak (1986) noted that the appearance of the skinks after winter hibernation depends on climatic conditions, slope exposition and altitude . According to these authors, the earliest appearance of Asymblepharns alaicus in northern Kir- gizstan was registrated on 26 March 1977 in the Kir- giz Range (1600 m). In the mountains bordering the eastern coast of the Issik-Kul Lake (2400 m) and on the slopes of the San-Kul-Too Range having western exposition (2700 m) the lizards appear by late April. Yakovleva (1964) noted an earlier activity of males in comparison with females. Our observations on the Alpine Lidless Skink in the Aksu-Djabagly show that lizards appear after win- ter hibernation in mid April and, as a rule, are active untill late October-early November. On 29 October 1992 we observed some active adult specimens on the northexposed slopes at 1900 m. On 1 November 1995 skinks were registrated on northern slope at 1300 m. For southern slopes, active lizards were recorded later . Based on data of Eremchenko and Shzherbak (1986) the last active lizards in the Kirgiz Range (up to 3000 m) were registrated on 3 November 1974. It seems the skinks have very prolonged seasonal activity. Accord- ing to Veventzev (1978) who studied Asymblepharus alaicus in the Almaty Nature Reserve (Northern Tian- Shan Mountains) some individuals were occasionally found active during sunny days even in January-Feb- ruary when small areas of ground get free of snow. On 5 August 1988 at altitude 3100 m we recorded the beginning of morning activity of the lizards about 11:00 hrs; air temperature +13C. That low tempera- ture be enough for primary skink activity may shed some light on the prolonged yearly activity
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